Ice-cold ice box



April 20, 1926. 1,581,669

W. E. BOHN x'cn cow ICE Box Filed Nov. 2, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet J.

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ICE COLD ICE BOX Filed Nov. 2,

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UNKTE ra ses WESLEY EMIL Bonn, or oonsioana, Tunes.

ICE-COLD Application filed November To all iii/10m it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fi nsnnr Earn. BOT-IN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Corslcana, 1n the county of Navarro and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Ice-Cold Ice liox, of which the following a specification. This invention aims to PIOVlClG a novel form of ice-cold ice box in which the water derived from melting we may be used to cool bottled drinks, and for other purposes.

In the drawings :Figure .1 shows in VGl-' tica l longitudinal section, an ice-cold ice box constructed 1n accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a transverse section; Figure 3 1s a section on the hue 3-3 of Fig-f ure 1; Figure 4 is an elevation showing a modification, parts being broken away; Figm5 is an elevation showing a portion of an ice-cold ice box constructed in accordance with the invention.

The ice-cold ice box forming the subject matter of this application comprises a boxlike body 1 which may be supported on legs 2 or otherwise, the body 1 being provided at its upper end with an internal shoulder 3 on which rests the horizontal flange 4 of a tray 5, the flange a being disposed at the upper end of the vertical wall 6 of the tray, the tray, thus, being supported removably in the body 1 of the ice-cold ice box. In the central portion of the tray 5 is located a container 7 for ice. The tray 5 has longitudinal partitions 8 disposed at the sides of the ice container 7, and between the longitudinal partitions 8, at the ends of the container 7, are located transverse partitions 9. The construction of the ice-cold ice box is such that the tray 5 embodies the container 7, longitudinal compartments 10 at the sides of the container, and transverse compartments 11 at the ends of the container, between the longitudinal compartments. bottom of the transverse compartments 11, marked by the numeral 12 is disposed at a lower elevation than is the bottom 14 of the longitudinal compartments 10. In the sides of the container 7 there are openings 15 which communicate with the longitudinal compartments 10, the lower edges of the openings 15 being flush with the bottoms 14 of the longitudinal compartments 10. There are openings 16 in the longitudinal partitions 8, the ends of the container 7 bay ing' 0 enings 17 disposed flush with the bot tom 2 of the transverse compartments 93 The ICE Box.

2 1925. Serial No. 66,337.

The transverse partitions Shave openings 18. The container 7 is surmounted by a rem'ovable lid 19. 7

The construction of the ice-cold ice box is such that when a chunk of ice is placed in the container 7,*and when. the ice melts,

through the openings 15 of the container 7, and through the openings. 16 of the longitudinal partitions 8 into the'longitudinal compaiti'ncnts 10. Similarly, the water from the melting ice will pass through the openings 17 in the ends of the container 7, into the transverse compartments 11, and be dis tributed'through the said compartmentsby way of the openings 18. Outlet pipes 20, located as desired, are mounted in the bot tom 12 of the longitudinal compartments 10. The'outlet pipes 20 upstand at a considerable distance above the upper edges of the partitions 8 and 9. The result is thatice water stands at a fixed depth in the compartments 10 and 11, the water standing at a greaterdepth in the compartments 11 than shown in Figures 1 and 2, the bottom of the compartments 11 is lowerthan the bottom of the compartments 10. 'The water, thus, is of different depths in the compartments 10 and 11, shorter bottles being disposed in the compartments 10, and longer bottles being disposed in the compartments 11. The water, flowing downwardly through the pipes 20, accumulates in the bottom of the body 1 of the ice-cold ice box and stands at a level determined by an outlet pipe 21 mounted in the bottom of the body l and equipped at its lower end with a water sealing device 22.

Partitions 23 extend longitudinally of the the water from the melting'ice will pass body 1 of the ice-cold ice box, in the bottom cold ice box can find its way to the outlet pipe 21. The partitions 23 support a shelf 25, of any desired construction, the shelf being located above the water level as determined by the pipe 21. Provisions may be placed on the shelf 25, and will be kept cool and dry. In the water which accumulates in the body 1, milk bottles or the like may be placed, on opposite sides of the partitions 23.

A top 26 rests on the body of the ice-cold ice box and has a downwardly extended portion 27 extended into the upper end of the body It and the flange t of the tray 80 it does in the compartments 10 because, as v the ice-cold-iee boxis m'arkedby the numeral 30, and the tray is shown at 40. The body 30 of the ice-eold'ioe box hasa false or elevated bottom -31, which may be omitted if desired.

The modification shown in Figure 4, consists essentially, in the omission of the ipa-rtitions 28 andthe shelf of Figures 1'a'nd2.

'erties of the ice water.

constituted that it will keep bottles of liquid 0001 and 7 properly submerged, the water derived from melting ice being made use of, 'ivl1ereas,-at present, thewater from the melt- =ing-iceis permitted to run-away idly, no advantage -'being taken of the cooling The outlet pipe, corresponding to "the pipe 20,, is designated bythe numeral 32.,

x @n any portion of "the article may be placed a charateristic mark, as shown at 50 in Figure 5,"'the said mark embodying eoncentriecireles-51 Within which is shown a conventional representation of a bottle,

indicated at 52, with the Words Ice-Cold,

as shownat 53. Either thebottle disclosed at 52, or the circles disclosed at 51, or both, may be omitted if desired, but I consider it highly important that the Words Ice- Cold? appear prominently in this patent application.

What is claimed is v Ina device of the-class described, a body, a tray in the body, an ice container in the tray, longitudinal partitions in the tray at the-sides of the container, transverse partitions in the trayat the ends of the container,

the partitions defining side compartments and end compartments, the bottoms of the side and QDdOOIDPZIPCIDBDtS being disposed at different elevations, and the container having openings communicating with the co1n-.

partments.

WESLEY EMIL .BoI-i'N. 

